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EB-1 India Visa Bulletin October 2026: Cutoffs & Movement
EB-1 India Visa Bulletin October 2026: official cutoffs, Chart A and Chart B, 12/36-month movement, USCIS filing-chart guidance, FAQ, and source links.
EB-1 India Visa Bulletin tracks the current Chart A and Chart B cutoff dates, USCIS filing-chart source, and recent 12/36-month movement.
Use this page as a crawlable, shareable reference for the category rather than a one-off filter state on the homepage.
Check your priority date against both charts before making a filing plan: Chart A is closer to final approval, while Chart B is only an I-485 filing window when USCIS allows it for the month.
Current official cutoffs
EB-1 India Visa Bulletin current Chart A and Chart B
Chart A: Final Action Dates
Oct 15, 2022Latest official issue: September 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 242 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 3940 days
Chart B: Dates for Filing
Dec 1, 2023Latest official issue: September 2026- Last 12 months
- Advanced 595 days
- Last 36 months
- Advanced 548 days
Movement history
Last 12 official cutoff rows
Positive movement means the cutoff advanced. Negative movement means retrogression. Blank movement usually means Current, Unavailable, or no comparable date.
| Issue | Chart A | Chart A movement | Chart B | Chart B movement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | Oct 15, 2022 | No change | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| August 2026 | Oct 15, 2022 | No change | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| July 2026 | Oct 15, 2022 | Retrogressed 61 days | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| June 2026 | Dec 15, 2022 | Retrogressed 107 days | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| May 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | No change | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| April 2026 | Apr 1, 2023 | Advanced 31 days | Dec 1, 2023 | No change |
| March 2026 | Mar 1, 2023 | Advanced 28 days | Dec 1, 2023 | Advanced 122 days |
| February 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | No change | Aug 1, 2023 | No change |
| January 2026 | Feb 1, 2023 | Advanced 323 days | Aug 1, 2023 | Advanced 108 days |
| December 2025 | Mar 15, 2022 | Advanced 28 days | Apr 15, 2023 | No change |
| November 2025 | Feb 15, 2022 | No change | Apr 15, 2023 | No change |
| October 2025 | Feb 15, 2022 | No change | Apr 15, 2023 | Advanced 365 days |
Category background
Understanding EB-1 India Visa Bulletin: history, demand drivers, and pitfalls
Who actually files EB-1 from India
EB-1 covers three very different groups: extraordinary-ability applicants (EB-1A), outstanding professors and researchers (EB-1B), and multinational executives or managers (EB-1C). For Indian nationals, the practical mix skews heavily toward senior engineers and managers at multinationals plus academics who can document a research record.
A growing share of EB-1 India demand is defensive. As EB-2 India waits stretched past two decades, people who could plausibly build an EB-1A profile started doing exactly that — publishing, judging, leading — specifically to switch queues. That migration of demand is itself one reason EB-1 India no longer behaves like a fast lane.
Why EB-1 India is no longer automatically Current
Until around 2018, EB-1 India was Current in most bulletins. Since then it has carried a cutoff in most months, because India's 7% per-country share of roughly 40,000 worldwide EB-1 visas is small against the volume of upgrade demand described above.
Movement now depends on how much EB-1 demand the rest of the world leaves unused — leftover numbers flow to the oldest priority dates, which are overwhelmingly Indian and Chinese. The pattern to watch: stagnation or retrogression in July through September as the fiscal year's numbers run out, then a reset or jump in the October bulletin when the new year's supply arrives.
FAQ
Common questions
What is the current Chart A cutoff for EB-1 India Visa Bulletin?
The EB-1 India Visa Bulletin Chart A / Final Action cutoff shown for October 2026 is Oct 15, 2022. If October 2026 is not published yet, the page uses the latest official DOS bulletin available.
What is the current Chart B cutoff for EB-1 India Visa Bulletin?
The EB-1 India Visa Bulletin Chart B / Dates for Filing cutoff is Dec 1, 2023. Whether Chart B can be used for I-485 filing still depends on the USCIS filing-chart guidance for the month.
Is this legal advice?
No. This is source-backed Visa Bulletin data and historical movement context from DOS and USCIS sources, not case-specific legal advice. Use it to compare your own priority date against Chart A and Chart B, then confirm the USCIS monthly filing-chart guidance before making a filing decision.
Official sources
DOS and USCIS source links
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